Background. The use of sodium polystyrene sulfonate in decreasing serum potassium has recently been questioned due to the lack of documented effectiveness. Methods. A retrospective cohort analysis of all hospitalized patients who received sodium polystyrene sulfonate over four months was performed. The change in serum potassium was noted over a period of 24 hours. Patients who received any othe...

A 99-year-old woman was admitted following a mechanical fall. The patient suffered from frequent falls averaging around six falls per year. On this occasion the patient explained that she had simply lost her balance and denied any further symptoms. The patient’s past medical history was significant for essential thrombocythaemia diagnosed 10 years earlier which was initially managed with hydrox...

INTRODUCTION Plasma adiponectin level is markedly in-creased among patients on hemodialysis. This investigation aimed to evaluate the relationship between renin-angiotensin system blockade and serum adiponectin concentration in nondiabetic patients on hemodialysis. MATERIALS AND METHODS This randomized double-blind controlled trial was conducted on a group of nondiabetic patients on regular h...

We investigated serum glucose and insulin levels resulting from thiazide or thiazide-like diuretic administration and determined whether they were associated with serum or intracellular potassium or magnesium values. We also explored the role of obesity both alone and with thiazides on serum insulin and glucose. Hypertensive men were withdrawn from diuretics and repleted with oral potassium and...

  Objective: This prospective study performed to evaluate blood biomarkers alterations with administration of propofol for maintenance of anaesthesia during long oral and maxillofacial surgeries in order to estimate the risk of Propofol Infusion Syndrome (PRIS). This rare syndrome often would be happened in long duration or high dose infusion which is characterized by the combination of metabol...

Evidence has accumulated that aldosterone plays an important part in the regulation of magnesium metabolism in experimental animals. There is, however, little information concerning the effect of aldosterone on the metabolism of magnesium in man. Mader and Iseri (1955) and Milne, Muehrcke, and Aird (1957) reported a single case of primary aldosteronism, with tetany and paralysis, in which low s...

INTRODUCTION Tight glucose control therapy (TGC) has been implemented to control hyperglycemia in ICU patients. TGC may also influence serum potassium concentrations. We therefore investigated the influence of TGC on both serum glucose and serum potassium concentrations and associated mortality. METHOD We performed a retrospective analysis including all patients admitted to the ICU of a terti...

BACKGROUND It has been suggested that potassium concentrations may vary between different geographical regions, possibly reflecting ethnic differences in potassium status. This study compared the serum potassium concentrations of three Asian ethnicities in a single geographical location. METHODS Details of simultaneous serum potassium, creatinine, cholesterol, triglyceride and serum index mea...